Water wave comb



Sept. 15, 1931.

w. F. HUDSON 1,823,361

WATER WAVE COMB Filed Feb. 18, 1929 '7 2 ll HI 5 Ill 3 |||I 6 7 i 3 M II g I INVENTOR.

iffumw/T #025044 v ATTORNEY Marcel wave.

Patented Se 15.1931" i- TED srATEs PATENT oFF ca' y WILLIAM F. nunsomor PHILADELPHIA, P NNS LVA IA WATER WAVE cor/1B Application filed February 18, 1929. Serial No. 340,829.

The present invention relates to the art of water Waving ladies hair, and has. more especial relation to the combs used therefor.

The purpose of a water wave is to obtain a Marcel effect. The hair is first brushed out, then wet, and water wave combs inserted in the hair in a manner to simulate a The water wave combs are then fixed in place by hair pins, or clamps, and coveredwith a net or veil to hold them in position, otherwiseas the hair dries the combs V slip out of place and satisfactory resultsare f not obtained. Such use of hair pins, clamps, nets,-and.veils, however, is not desirable.

The leading object of the present invention may be said, therefore, to reside in the a provision of means for overcoming the above described disadvantageous features.

A further object of the present invention is to provide means wherein the use of hair pins, clamps, nets, or equivalent paraphernalia is done away with by the substitution of a pair of combs elastically connected together, whereby water waves of natural configuration may be provided in ladies tresses.

Other and'further objects reside in the provision and arrangement and construction of parts for attaining the results sought by the foregoing objects. I

The invention consists of'the novel construction hereinafter described and finally claimed.

taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming'part hereof, and in which: Fig. 1 is a face view of a comb embodying features of the invention. I

4 ,Fig. 2 is a view in cross section of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a face view of a comb embodying a modified form ofthe invention.

Fig. dis a face view of a further modified form of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a face view of a still further modified form of the invention. I

Fig. 6 is a detail view of one of the clips showninFig.5. Y

Fig. 7 is a top or plan view of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 8 is a view illustrating the manner of attaching together by elastic hands a pair of combs constructed in accordance with the present invention.

For the purpose of illustratingmy invention I have shown in theaccompanying drawings several forms vthereof Whichare at present preferred by me, sincethesame have been found in practice to' givesatisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood'that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrange; ment and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

According to general practice Water waving of ladies hair is essential at this time.

As now practiced, ladies tresses are first brushed, then moistened, and so-called water wave combs introduced in the hair to simulate a Marcel wave, it beingv understood that the so-called water wave combs in being Fset may be secured in position by means of hair pins or clamps, or covered with a .vell

the present invention, and with reference to Figs. 1 and 2, the reference numeral lidesignates a comb having a web or rib 2 and teeth 3, the structure of the comb being formed upon an arc of a circle, see Fig.7. Such a comb in the hair dressing art and inthe trade results I, are not II n) a 'circle, iand' lu'gs formedintegral with said v} is known as a water wave comb. According or slotted adjacent each end as at 4: in order vertically disposed protuberances 5. In I to provide elastic band receiving mediums. In practice a pair of water wave combs having an elastic band 9 therebetween is employed, see Fig. 8. v

. Referring now to Fig. 3, in contradistinction to the slits or slots just described, the rib of the comb is provided with a pair of practice rubber bands or .7 other 1 elastic mediums maybe secured with respect to. these; protuberances 5. 7 a

In Fig. t the web-or of the water wave comb is provided with upwardly projected, somewhat pyramidal structures 6, tor'recep tion of elastic connections as I before described;

2. As a new article of manufacture, a water wave comb having conventional ribbed and toothed portions, and lugs formed inte- .gral with saidicomb near each end thereof to accept and retain an elastic band, said lugs projecting from the outer part of the rib in the same plane with the body of the comb, witheach lug extending in parallelism with the teeth of the comb. V

' WILLIAM F. HUDSON.

" Figs. '5Iand 6 show a further modified form i V of construction in which the-web or rib: of

the water wavecom'b has detachablyappl ied thereto at opposite ends thereof metallic clips, which clips arenmade ofmetal. and have inverted'U-shaped portions? which are fi' ted over the web or rib of the comb and each of'which clips is provided with'a hook-like portion 8 to receive or acceptan end oifan elastic band. Y i I :In use an elastic medium, as for example a plain rubber band, is stretched slightly and theends fitted in the slots 4, for example, of a pair of combs 1, as shown-in Fig. 8. This holds the band snugly in place and the band if too long may be adjusted to l-eavethe loose ends 10 as shown in Fig. 8; I Thus, in placing the two combs in the hair the'ba-nds 9 may be stretched to exert tension upon thehair to form waves and this tension also serve's to maintain the combs in place without clamps,

'. nets, or the like, the advantage of which is apparent."

' The clevice' of my novelinvention eliminates the necessity of putting in the-hair, hairpins or clamps and the usefof a net, thus reducing flabor andqefxpense; TllG elimination of the use of a netmakes it possible to dry the hair in afractio'n of the time that it takes when a net is used. The elimination of the net also does away with the flattening of the wave caused bythe binding of the net or covering over thehead. The simplifying ofthe operation of water waving makes it possible for the average lay-weman or nonprofessional to water wave her own hair.

What I claim is:

a" new article of manufacture, a watBIZWflVQ COHlb having conventional ribbed and toothe'd'por'tions formed upon' an arcof combnear each end thereof-to accept and retain an elastic band, said lugs projecting {mm them 1mrt 0f h ri in the Same plane with the body of the comb, withl'ea ch 

